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IOS users and Patreon. Big old heads up.
"Apple is requiring that Patreon use their in-app purchasing system and remove all other billing systems from the Patreon iOS app by November 2024. This means that starting in November, new memberships purchased in the iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% App Store fee.
First, we want to be clear about one thing: this will not impact your existing memberships at all. Apple's App Store fee only applies to new memberships purchased in the iOS app beginning in November 2024."
Apple users, if you make your pledges through your browser you can dodge this fee.
This is just apple doing its usual nickel and diming to take a slice of every pie.
I keep using that crying emoji by default in twitter arguments someone get me sedated
🆘🆘SToP Don't SKiP
A small donation can make a big difference 🙏🍉🇵🇸
Hello, I am Dina, I am 25 years old, I have two children, I gave birth to my child during the war, under bombing and genocide. I support my children and my children have become without a place or security. My daughter is 2 years old and my son is 3 months old, I gave birth to him under bombing and no medical care for me and my child.
My children need basic needs such as milk and food. I currently live in a tent after I lost my home due to the occupation and I cannot tell you what life is like there. It is like hell. Very hot in the summer and cold in the winter. In addition, there are insects and snakes. It is suffering. I want my children to live and be able to survive. Save them from the war and provide them with their needs of clothes and food. I have been displaced several times, and every time I was escaping death and bombing amidst the screams of my children so that I could get them out of Gaza to a safer place, so I ask you to extend a helping hand to save them from death and so that my heart does not break or something bad happens to them. Help me with support and participation, and I thank everyone who has provided support for my children.
@90-ghost
🚨🚨 Very Urgent , Reblog please 🚨🚨
The countdown to the end of my campaign has begun
Only less than 48 hours left
Direct donation link👇🏻
@northgazaupdates
Save our life,please!! 🙏🏻🍉🥺
Hello again, I am Aseel from Gaza, I live in war, fear and destruction, we have been living for almost a year now but we do not know how long, we have been displaced from our home more than 11 times,
every time I was displaced to another place I prayed that this would be the last, but then came the idea of forced exit to search for safety where there is no safety, we got very tired and our bodies were exhausted, we no longer had the energy to continue, we lived hunger, thirst, cold and all the difficult conditions that humans cannot imagine,
we did not imagine that a day would come when we would live all of this, I lost my family and my childhood home, even my friends are no longer there, I was left alone!! I am looking for salvation from death, I fear death and I dread it, the idea is terrifying to leave your dreams, ambitions and the life you planned for and go from this world, we do not deny death but we do not want to live it now,
I had a beautiful life, suddenly I do not know how I lost my life, we live in a tent that can only accommodate 3 people, made of nylon that no human can bear, just standing in it for more than two minutes during the day is enough to melt you, in addition to insects, diseases and lack of privacy, imagine all this!! Can you live??
Things here are more difficult than you imagined, reality is painful
We wake up every day to the smell of death, I have been surrounded by tanks and helicopters more than 4 times, each time I do not know how to survive? It seems that my death has not come yet
I do not want to die!! 🥺
Please help me save my life and get out of here, life is impossible
Your donation will save my life, it is the only way, hand in hand we can achieve the goal please
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Trapped family in Gaza appeals for help to survive
I'm a mother of a 2-year-old child. His name is yousef... I see my son growing up in front of me and I do not know how or when. This is not what I wished for him. I was dreaming of a wonderful life to spend with him...a life not full of death, fear, destruction and deprivation...I wanted to fill his room with toys and his closet with clothes, and I wanted to buy children's books for him, but I couldn't...the war came and the wishes were gone...my goal became to provide him with milk and food. I can barely afford anything. Everything is expensive and we no longer have income to enable us to buy his needs. Kram eggs have been deprived of many of his basic needs. He has been deprived of safety and stability..No, fruits, or meat.
There is nothing but fear that fills my son's eyes as soon as he hears the voices around him. He does not realize what It happens outside, but he feels and sees it in our eyes when he looks at us.I cannot protect myself and my son. Help me to save my son yousef. He deserves a better life, as do all the children of Gaza and the world. Alone, I cannot, but with your help, we will be able to find a safe place and a better future for my son. Be a reason to change a child's life for the better by visiting our link on GoFundMe. And donate anything to us, no matter how small...every dollar makes a difference and give a life for my son..
I am Youssef. I was very young at the beginning of the war, but now I have grown up and can walk and know how to speak and understand everything. I hope to get your help in publishing or donating on our Aaljo Fund Me account
Verified @90-ghost
5£ may seem small
The most difficult decision for us was to leave our country, to leave Gaza, overcome the obstacles we faced and the losses we suffered, and begin a new life from scratch.
all i know is c!tommy is queer. in which ways? up to you and ultimately undefinable tbh
is he trans? yeah sure! in which way? whatever way is funniest in the current moment ofc
he’s simultaneously the straightest character in his group and the gayest little creature to ever exist. yes he is also aroace. he is somehow part of beeduos relationship and actively disgusted by them at the same time. he is married many times without ever having been in a romantic relationship. it’s beautiful and insane
all of these are true at once, don’t worry about it too much, it’s just the c!tommy way
i feel obligated to talk about this bc i am egyptian and one of the central reasons people from gaza have been fundraising is because of egypt's border policy, which is no longer active since the rafah border was destroyed
i know nothing gets people more heated or self-righteous than the idea that they might be getting scammed, and i know the gofundmes here can be overwhelming in your inboxes and i know for many people in the west who want some kind of reliable process this can seem sketchy but palestinian bloggers on here (and palestinians across platforms including on gazafunds.com) don't want you to be scammed any more than you want to be scammed, and they have put in an extraordinary effort to verify information literally in the middle of a warzone
the truth is you all have no idea how difficult this entire process is from top to bottom, tech companies and fintech companies literally hate anything that passes through this area. i'm banned from uber and doordash because i used an egyptian credit card while travelling and it flagged their automated fraud systems and they never reinstated it lol like that's how arbitrary it is. and egypt is one of the better-connected countries in the area.
the entire reason people in gaza are relying on gofundmes is because the barriers to entry and exit are not accidental—they're deliberate! this is literally what being occupied and middle-eastern means. it means you don't have easy access to bank accounts, you don't have easy access to fundraising, you don't have easy access to your own records, and you are automatically mistrusted by the world at large of how thoroughly dehumanized your language and your people have been during a genocide where you are being bombed and living in a tent. this is also part of what it means to be a refugee from the global south or to be a refugee from the global north, where these processes are expedited (as they were for ukrainian refugees, for example) precisely because they are part of the structure of a war.
like just to explain to you guys how difficult it was for me (someone with access to networks across the world) to get money to a friend in gaza, because egypt's also going through an economic crisis and transferring usd here is close to impossible: to get 15k usd (enough to get 3 people out of gaza) to the office in egypt that registers people for evacuation, that family needed
a stable internet connection to communicate with us (they were only able to get in touch briefly every other day)
first-degree relatives in egypt to register for them
people from abroad who could raise the money for them (which they did; they were family friends who knew them)
an egyptian with a usd bank account and a foreigner coming to egypt who could carry usd in cash to divide it among themselves because there is no other way to receive that amount of money here at once
we managed to get the money to their relatives here, they managed to register them, and then the rafah border was destroyed. so now the are just waiting while being bombed and displaced from one area to another. and this is a family who had every connection needed. imagine how it is for people where only one of these links are dropped?
that's why the work the palestinian bloggers do here to support palestinians in gaza is necessary, because they fill in for people who don't have good language skills, who don't have friends abroad to fundraise or vouch for them, who don't have relatives in egypt who can receive money for them, etc
does this mean every fundraiser is 100% reliable? no. this is why the verification list exists! the things i would be wary of would be if someone sends you a false or phishing link, or if someone who is running the campaign from abroad decides to scam the palestinians they're raising it for and refuse to send the money, both of which i've witnessed personally
but the likelihood of someone faking being from gaza and getting onto the verified list is much smaller because the verification process is rigorous and like i said, palestinians themselves don't want to be promoting scams. but also most of these gofundmes protect your donation, meaning if someone disputes it you get your donation back. they are paranoid to the extent that they will sometimes refuse to pay out people in gaza even after the campaign goal is reached for no reason except that anything from the middle east is generally regarded with suspicion. i've seen paypal also refuse to do the same
as a matter of fact from a tech standpoint it's so, so much easier for someone located in the west to create a fake gofundme/phishing scam than for a palestinian to do so, but by that token it's more difficult for someone in the west to convincingly fake being from gaza. which is why the verification list and other initiatives (like again, gazafunds.com) are so important
i have tried to get gofundmes on gazafunds before and i can promise you their process is rigorous. you might not see a lot of the paperwork behind a specific campaign but i know they don't add campaigns unless they verify their IDs personally or through a network of trusted references. the bloggers on here are a volunteer network working independently, of their own effort, and they are doing their best in what is a genuinely horrible situation. the border is closed now but people in gaza have worked out alternate ways to receive money raised online (again, often via relatives transferring to each other outside gaza or other means) and aid hasn't been coming in for months and those regulating the aid were killed, which means extremely limited supplies and high inflation, so money raised and received now is literally survival money that goes wherever it can, and people are very desperate to raise as much as possible as things get more dire. there is no employment in gaza right now. people have been living off their savings for ten months.
is that simple to convey to some blogger on tumblr donating 5$ to a gofundme? is it simple to understand? no. and that's part of the structure of genocide. you aren't going to be able to venmo someone and get a receipt like you do if you're donating to an org, so volunteers are doing their best to fill in the gaps for that by making sure you know how your money is helping real human beings while relieving the pressure on these humans, in a genocide with limited internet, to constantly post about themselves.
the fact of the matter is that your risk of being scammed by a gofundme from the verified list or gazafunds dot com is extremely low, but the damage of of assuming (and even worse, claiming) these campaigns are a scam is extremely high
if you don't trust a campaign, don't donate to it. if you notice a red flag you feel like the bloggers verifying might have missed, alert them to it. if you notice someone impersonating one of the verified campaigns on here (also common) alert people to it. i often have difficulty identifying which blogs are legitimate because they are deleted and remade so frequently, so i just try to reblog posts from the verified list or promoted by palestinians bloggers as i donate to them.
don't cast doubt on the process if you don't understand it, and don't be cruel about a situation you should pray you never experience—and odds are, if you have a US passport and a US bank account, you never will.
First in a series of comics about Street Medics. Feel free to share and add these to your resources, however you deem necessary. Black Lives Matter.
Here comes the boy!! :)))
My friend @amalashuor has reached out to me and asked me to bring her story to my followers.
Amal was studying for her Master's degree when the bombardment started, and had to flee her home with her husband, and her one year old girl Maryam.
Since January, the three of them have been living in a tent in Rafah. Even after constant displacement, and the unlivable conditions they've been forced to endure, they've been ordered to evacuate once again. With nowhere to go, Amal and her beautiful family are trapped. They need OUR help to save them. They are unable to cross the border without the required funds, and donations to their campaign have been stagnating!
As of now, Amal's campaign hasn't reached even 25% of it goal, and time is of the essence. Please, please, I urge you to donate if you have anything at all to spare, and to share this as much as you can, because these wonderful parents and this precious baby are counting on us.
Thank you. 💕
Amal's fundraiser is #175 on this list of vetted fundraisers by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi.
ORPHAN YOUR SHIT PLEASE GOD FUCK
nobody asked me my headcanons on Bill's weird alien shape gender but that's only because you didn't know you wanted to know
of course he has gold bricks and pronouns
Can someone tell me why this app is just as bad as twitter(besides the creator of said app being a creepy weird freak) because not too long ago(like a few months i think) I had to block an artist that had a really good artstyle but makes x reader comics that they proudly state as molestation because they're into that shit I'm assuming and that disgusting fucking bullshit got over 1k notes like what in the actual fuck is wrong with ya'll seriously go get therapy and proper mental rehabilitation because this shit is fucking DISGUSTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGGG THERE IS NO WAY THAT MANY OF YA'LL ARE INTO THAT CRAZY SHIT GET THE ACTUAL HELL AWAY FROM ME SOMEBODY GET THE BUG SPRAY
it makes my day every time i see someone reblog/like my old allium duo art so heres a small doodle as a token of my appreciation c:
You are loved.
Reference here
I actually made this a rlly long time ago, and I can't say if my artstyle has actively downgraded since then 😭 it's hard to tell because I rarely ever draw anymore
This was on ibis pant x btw
more Dungeon Meshi in Wind Waker style! (first part)
I like the idea that Link could stumble on Laios's party in dungeons, maybe after the miniboss, and they offer you a meal that replenishes your health, sort of like Yeto from TP! You could take some with you in a bottle like grandma's soup. There could be a funny interaction if you show Marcille a joy pendant, and she thinks it's really pretty until Laios and Senshi tell her it's actually a treasure bug.
vetted fundraisers from today. please keep engaging, it truly makes such a difference.
july 19th:
Helping Siraj Abudayeh, his wife, and their three young children rebuild their destroyed house ($7,254 CAD/$82,000 CAD) - @siraj2024, #219 on @/nabulsi and @/el-shab-hussein's spreadsheet
Walid Al-Qatrawi and his three little children (€1,884/€50,000) - @waled-family, verified by @/90-ghost
Ibrahim, his wife, and their two young children (£2,614/£30,000) - @ahmedrahaf2023, verified by @/drschnauzer (contact for details)
Reuniting the Helles family (five siblings and their mother in Gaza, father Yousef is abroad) (€6,518/€23,000) - @omarhilles2022, #206 on @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi's spreadsheet
The Al-Habil siblings (their oldest brother was killed), and their widowed mother (two family members need urgent medical treatment, one for shrapnel injuries and one for hepatitis and congenital heart disease) - @abeeribrahim2006, @nohaibrahim-2024, #240 on @/nabulsi and @/el-shab-hussein's spreadsheet
Mohammed Al Manasra (has already lost most of his family), his wife, their three little children, and their cat (Mohammed needs medicine for chronic respiratory illness and urgent treatment to save his leg from amputation) (€31,844/€35,000) - @save-mohamed-family, #192 on @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi's spreadsheet
Ola Ahel, her four siblings, and their parents ($7,343/$20,000) - @olagaza, #205 on @/nabulsi and @/el-shab-hussein's spreadsheet
Nedaa and her parents (her father is elderly and sick) (£4,921/£15,000) - @nedaapalestine, verified by @/90-ghost
Shahd Muhammad and her family, including her young siblings who are very sick with hepatitis and her father, who needs treatment for a heart condition ($17,100/$50,000) - @shahednhall, #224 on @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi's spreadsheet
Salahaldin Hor, his wife Sundus, and their three young daughters (€2,026/€40,000) - @salahaldinhor, verified by @/90-ghost
Safaa, her husband Abed, and their two little children (€9,383/€50,000) - @safaabed8, @abedalazeiz, verified by @/90-ghost
Safaa Jad Al-Hak, her husband, their baby Amir, and Safaa's parents, both of whom need urgent medical care ($1,273/$75,000) - @safaam199, @safaamiroo, verified by @/90-ghost
Helping Tawfik Satoom continue his education ($982/$20,000) - @tawfiksatooom, #238 on the operation olive branch spreadsheet
Amal Ashour, her husband, and their little daughter Maryam (€13,960/€30,000) - @amalashuor, #175 on @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi's spreadsheet
Ahmed Alanqar, his wife Dina, and their four young children, one a newborn (€32,519/€35,000) - @ahmedabuyamin, verified by @/nabulsi
Hanaa Al-Lulu and her family (€2,903/€40,000) - @enghanalulu, verified by @/90-ghost
Wafaa Alnhal's family of 15, including four young children and a newborn (Wafaa's account is getting repeatedly banned) (€35,594/€50,000) - @wafans-blog, #171 on @/nabulsi and @/el-shab-hussein's spreadsheet
Yousef, a toddler who needs lifesaving treatment for a blood disease, and his parents Dima and Samer (€4,145/€25,000) - @dima96yousef, verified by @/90-ghost
not yet vetted:
Aya Mahmoud, her eight siblings, and their parents ($70/$200,000) - @radstudentrunaway
Abdullah and Oday Al-Anqar (needs treatment for hepatitis), their three siblings (sister Farah is pregnant and needs perinatal care, sister Rafif is five years old), and their parents (€60/€50,000) - @abduallhalanqar, @odayalanqar
Mohammed Ayyad and his five young children (€25/€35,000) - @mhammed
with the possibility that the Rafah crossing may open at the end of the month and the situation in Gaza worsening all the time, it is more vital than ever that these families reach their goals as soon as possible. please please continue to donate and share!
optimiku (he didn’t consent to this.)
Operation: Trypticon Prison Break!
My piece for the reverse mini bang @tf-bigbang is finally here! The wonderful @terminallycagey wrote a really cool fic for this piece that you can read on ao3! If you like small Soundwave, this one's for you!
Read the fic [ HERE ] >:]
The whole "the brain isn't fully mature until age 25" bit is actually a fairly impressive bit of psuedoscience for how incredibly stupid the way it misinterprets the data it's based on is.
Okay, so: there's a part of the human brain called the "prefrontal cortex" which is, among other things, responsible for executive function and impulse control. Like most parts of the brain, it undergoes active "rewiring" over time (i.e., pruning unused neural connections and establishing new ones), and in the case of the prefrontal cortex in particular, this rewiring sharply accelerates during puberty.
Because the pace of rewiring in the prefrontal cortex is linked to specific developmental milestones, it was hypothesised that it would slow down and eventually stop in adulthood. However, the process can't directly be observed; the only way to tell how much neural rewiring is taking place in a particular part of the brain is to compare multiple brain scans of the same individual performed over a period of time.
Thus, something called a "longitudinal study" was commissioned: the same individuals would undergo regular brain scans over a period of mayn years, beginning in early childhood, so that their prefrontal development could accurately be tracked.
The longitudinal study was originally planned to follow its subjects up to age 21. However, when the predicted cessation of prefrontal rewiring was not observed by age 21, additional funding was obtained, and the study period was extended to age 25. The predicted cessation of prefrontal development wasn't observed by age 25, either, at which point the study was terminated.
When the mainstream press got hold of these results, the conclusion that prefrontal rewiring continues at least until age 25 was reported as prefrontal development finishing at age 25. Critically, this is the exact opposite of what the study actually concluded. The study was unable to identify a stopping point for prefrontal development because no such stopping point was observed for any subject during the study period. The only significance of the age 25 is that no subjects were tracked beyond this age because the study ran out of funding!
It gets me when people try to argue against the neuroscience-proves-everybody-under-25-is-a-child talking point by claiming that it's merely an average, or that prefrontal development doesn't tell the whole story. Like, no, it's not an average – it's just bullshit. There's no evidence that the cited phenomenon exists at all. If there is an age where prefrontal rewiring levels off and stops (and it's not clear that there is), we don't know what age that is; we merely know that it must be older than 25.
happy autistic girl summer to those who celebrate